Share the almost believable fake brands that you know about

[chromaticity]

While reading about the Black and Decker tools in this thread, I first wondered if it was some kind of knock-off brand.

The first thing that I thought of was Sany Ericsson W980
and of course later, the real deal

If you can remember other such zany, almost believable "brands", do share!
I find them extremely hilarious for some reason..

[flodnak]

Squeez Bacon, of course.

[Harmonious Discord]

About 1980:
Hiney Winery of Token Creek. Made by the three brothers Big, Red and Thor Hiney.

They didn't offer wine. The hilarious radio commercials were about selling shirts and a few other items with the logo. Token Creek is just outside Madison Wisconsin. I saw a guy wearing one of their shirts maybe 5 years ago.

I see they still have the Token Creek Hiney Run. It would have started in 1982 if I did the math correctly.

[A Dodgy Dude]

I love my Acme Anvil.

It has a thousand and one uses.

[Jettboy]

I had a guy off to sell me a genuine Rolev watch a few weeks ago...

[Ludovic]

Originally Posted by Harmonious Discord

About 1980:
Hiney Winery of Token Creek. Made by the three brothers Big, Red and Thor Hiney.

They didn't offer wine. The hilarious radio commercials were about selling shirts and a few other items with the logo. Token Creek is just outside Madison Wisconsin. I saw a guy wearing one of their shirts maybe 5 years ago.

I see they still have the Token Creek Hiney Run. It would have started in 1982 if I did the math correctly.

I wonder if Mr Happy Crack (ostensibly selling house crack repair services from The Crack Team - "A Dry Crack is a Happy Crack!") isn't similar.

[don't ask]

One day in high school (1960s) I started a rumour that Adolf Hitler had been captured that day in South America. I said that he had been running a pineapple cannery and would probably have never been noticed except that a reporter had decided to check out "Fourth Reich Pineapples" and discovered that he owned it.

Several people bought the story.

[Sparky812]

I love my $20 Oakey sunglasses, you can barely tell the difference... or maybe my eyesight is damaged!

[Ellen Cherry]

Originally Posted by Harmonious Discord

About 1980:
Hiney Winery of Token Creek. Made by the three brothers Big, Red and Thor Hiney.

They didn't offer wine. The hilarious radio commercials were about selling shirts and a few other items with the logo. Token Creek is just outside Madison Wisconsin. I saw a guy wearing one of their shirts maybe 5 years ago.

I see they still have the Token Creek Hiney Run. It would have started in 1982 if I did the math correctly.

In the mid-80s I heard locally produced spoof radio commercials for the Hiney Winery run by Big, Red and Thor on WHAS-AM in Louisville. I thought they were original, but they must have stolen the idea!

[chromaticity]

Great! keep them coming!
My cousin once bought some "adididas" sneakers, which ironically lasted longer than most of my shoes!

[Rhythmdvl]

Ohhhh yeahhh..... Wacky Packages!

[ralph124c]

My Dad has bought a lot of this junk-and it always winds up breaking. "COBY" looks like they are out to copy SONY-from the distance, the letters look the same. The difference is..quality. The sound quality stinks (cheap, tinny speakers), and the switches and knobs break off. My Dad had a "walkman" style radio-I think it lasted 6 monhs..he brought it back to the dealer (and complained)..the reaction? .."we sell a lot of them".

[tdn]

Originally Posted by ralph124c

My Dad has bought a lot of this junk-and it always winds up breaking. "COBY" looks like they are out to copy SONY-from the distance, the letters look the same.

I never thought of that. I did buy someone a COBY DVD player for Christmas. Two years later, I bought her one that didn't suck ass.

To contribute to the OP - Crelm Toothpaste (with the miracle ingredient, frauduline).

[Finally]

I once had a pair of shorts with a leprechaun pictured and "Figthing Irish" under it. It took awhile to realize it, too.

[Ludovic]

hijack...cause I thought the OP was gonna be about this...

I use Cheesy Poofs as a generic term for Cheese puffs. (I mean, they're not really all puffy. Cheetos aren't, for instance. So while they aren't puffs they are poofs. Edible poofs, that is. Errr, that didnt help did it?)

[Miller]

I was shocked recently to learn that the Staypuft Marshmellow man was purely an invention for the movie Ghostbusters, and did not exist prior to that film.

[Sigmagirl]

Every time I serve ham, it's going to be Wham! ham.

[SylverOne]

Cheap car stereo being sold at a truckload sale, some 10 years ago or so...

Rockwood Fosgate

No thanks, I'll pass.

[blondebear]

Slusho

[Ponch8]

Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny.

[ftg]

Let's see, Red Apple, Nails and Laramie cigarettes among many others. The latter of course leads to a whole world: Duff and Fudd beers, Squishees, Canyonero, Buzz Cola (which has actually been made), Mr. Sparkle, etc.

[johnsonlnl]

Originally Posted by Sigmagirl

Every time I serve ham, it's going to be Wham! ham.

Until now, I was the only person I knew that was familiar with Mr Blandings and his Dream House.

[Morbo]

Originally Posted by ftg

Let's see, Red Apple, Nails and Laramie cigarettes among many others. The latter of course leads to a whole world: Duff and Fudd beers, Squishees, Canyonero, Buzz Cola (which has actually been made), Mr. Sparkle, etc.

Malk. Now with Vitamin R!

[Sigmagirl]

Originally Posted by johnsonlnl

Until now, I was the only person I knew that was familiar with Mr Blandings and his Dream House.

Bicker, bicker, bicker.

[TruCelt]

I was among the high school girls in the mid-eighties who were horrified to discover that we had been duped into buying "Sasson" jeans. They were still the best fit for me though, and I continued buying them - really appreciated the post-denouement price break!

[Hypnagogic Jerk]

Originally Posted by Ponch8

Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny.

I find the name "Sorny" really hilarious, possibly because it sounds like the French word "sornettes", which means, basically, "bullshit". (And yes, I'm aware that it's a take on Sony.)

[Beware of Doug]

I used to invent brand names and logos just for the fun of it.

Trademarks for a never-completed 1930s novel I once started include Carillon Coffee ("the right note in every cup"), Old Estonian Lager Beer, Cascadia House (a publishing and radio power in the northwest), the White-Knight Bicycle Company, Don Cesar Cigars (makers of the acclaimed "Alcalde"), Fleur de Liis (a feminine hygiene product invented by the heroine, who was named Liis, from the Estonian brewery family), Myers Koolite (an experimental television tube), and Manalive! (But It's Good), a 5c peanut butter pie confection.

[Creaky]

Well, I used to think that Powdermilk Biscuits from "A Prairie Home Companion" were real for years.

I mean, they sounded so good, right? Like they were so buttery and greasy they'd leave a stain on the bag!

[Morbo]

And then there's the HiPhone, and the SciPhone.

[Sodalite]

Originally Posted by ftg

Laramie cigarettes

Aren't Laramie cigarettes real? I swear I've seen old ads for them somewhere.

OK. They're not real anymore, but they did exist at one time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie_(cigarette)

What don't I know that I should know because I knew that instead?